ABOUT US – Our purpose
	“Bowls for all”

Formed in 1991, we are the governing body for Short Mat Bowling in the county of North Yorkshire. We exist to serve the interests of our club members across the county and we want to see the game thrive and expand. For those with ambitions beyond mere “social bowling”  we strive to provide opportunities for all our players to compete at all levels.
We are governed by our Constitution which was originally drawn up in 1991 when the Association was formed. A complete overhaul took place in 2001/02 since when there have been regular revisions and the current version contains details of all these revisions to date and also the names of our 3 appointed trustees.
We subscribe to the EUs General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and our Privacy Statement appears as a link at the base of any web page.
After advice from the ESMBA  committee meeting on 8/9 Feb 2020, we adopted their Disciplinary and Appeals procedure to be invoked in the case of any complaints, misconduct or breaches of any rules.
We are self funding with our basic income derived from annual membership fees levied on each club and we try to ensure that any activities that we organize are run to produce a surplus. Our Fees and charges. are reviewed on an annual basis.

In summary, our activities are to…….

• Organize annual county-wide Championship competitions in 7 disciplines
• Select players for the 4 disciplines in the annual NESMBA Championships
• Organize qualifying heats on behalf of the ESMBA for the 7 disciplines at the  annual National Finals
• Organize the annual Little Cup competition
• Select and manage 3 County Teams
• Produce an annual printed Handbook (discontinued in 2020)
• Maintain and manage this website primarily for the benefit and interest of members
• Keep records of historical information
• Represent our members interests at National level via attendance at the ESMBA AGM
• Represent our members interest at local level via attendance at the NESMBA AGM